Where does “qawin” come from?

qawin (Northern Kurdish) comes from Turkish kavun, from Ottoman Turkish قاون, from Proto-Turkic kāgun — melon, muskmelon, watermelon.

qawin (Northern Kurdish): melon

Definitions

  1. melon

Ancestry of “qawin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkavunmelon
2Ottoman Turkishقاونmelon; lemon
3Proto-Turkickāgunmelon, muskmelon, watermelon
Every word from Proto-Turkic kāgun →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قاون →Every word from Turkish kavun →